Download Chapter 16 Vocabulary Review Name: Date: Class: ______ Across

Chapter 16 Vocabulary Review
Name: __________________________________
Date: _______________ Class: _____________
Across
1. A graphical representation of a circuit that uses lines to represent wires and different symbols to represent components.
3. An electrical property of matter that creates electric and magnetic forces and interactions.
5. A device that is a source of electric current because of a potential difference, or voltage, between the terminals.
8. An electrical device that contains a metal strip that melts when current in the circuit becomes too great.
11. Between any two points, the work that must be done against electric forces to move a unit charge from one point to the other.
13. A material in which charges can move freely and that can carry an electric charge.
14. The rate that electric charges move through a conductor.
15. The ability to move an electric charge from one point to another.
Down
2. A switch that opens a circuit automatically when the current exceeds a certain value.
4. A region in space around a charged object that causes a stationary charged object to experience an electric force.
6. The components of a circuit that form a single path for current.
7. The energy that is associated with charged particles because of their positions.
9. A set of electrical components connected such that they provide one or more complete paths for the movement of charges.
10. The opposition posed by a material or a device to the flow of current.
11. A circuit in which all of the components are connected to each other side by side.
12. The force of attraction or repulsion between objects due to charge.